Payday problems for more than 80,000 civil servants to be resolved by October

Federal officials say they expect to have resolved all of the pay delays created by the government’s problematic Phoenix pay system resolved by the end of October.

Deputy public works minister Marie Lemay says 1,100 of the more than 80,000 files identified last week have been closed.

That includes the 486 government workers who were provided with back pay on Wednesday after having gone for months without compensation.

She says another 234 employees will see their paycheques in two weeks.

To speed up the process of eliminating reported pay holdups, the government is opening satellite pay offices in Winnipeg, Montreal and Shawinigan, Que., as well as hiring more staff in Gatineau, Que.

Officials were on hand today to explain how the government is addressing the problems with its new payroll system, which has been causing serious payday headaches for tens of thousands of civil servants.